The Oakland resident added, "There have been stories about my cakes being on full display for hours before anyone realized it was edible. That's pretty gratifying."

Believe it or not Goard, who formerly worked at an erotic bakery before starting her own business, Debbie Does Cakes, once found making cakes extremely tedious.

"I never really viewed it as a career choice," she said. "It was simply a job, a very hard job." But while working at that bakery and "plotting [her] escape from cake," a co-worker suggested she "find a way to come to terms" with her talents.